The St. Johns herald., 1887-01-13
A ROMANTIC CAREER.
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 Mark Leonard Eardyz was born in Cor dognO in 1923. After course In the schools he went to the famous old univer- s.ty of Padua to study medicine. A draw .ag he made for Prof. Ungarctti's atlas OI aDatomy attracted so much attention that his anatomical drawings and designs were published.
 In 1S4S young Nardyz volunteered in the First Lombardy Infantry. under Victor Emanuel, and was wounded in the same year at the battle of Santa Lucia. Vic tor EmanueI's brother. the Duke of Genoa, gave his wounds personal atten- tion.
 In 49 he had recovered so far as 10 en- list in tho service of the Roman Republic, andwas soon captured blythe French, who sent him prisoner to San Marine.
 The facility with which so gallant Q soldier passed, without compuRction, from ono service to another, as will be seen also further on, illustrates forcibly tho troublous character of
 
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 The day Nardyz was captured by the French, at the Fort of Sampan Grazzio, Salvini, the great tragedian, then unknown save as gallant young soldier. received ili the same ranks a desperate wound.
 Cn recovery Dr. Nardyz enlisted in tfe Sardinian army Rs assistant sur r1eon.
 h 1854 he went as surgeon with the first Italian regiment sent to the Crimea There were only 16, 900 altogether of his compatriots in that greatest of all modern wars, and Rardyz' company saw the hot test service near the Redan, under com mGnd of General La Marmora, who died soon afterwards of typhoid fever.
 In '59 Dr. Eardyz became surgeon to the 18th Regiment O! Infantry under General Coccarri, and was, as was thought, mortally wounded at Solferino. For his heroism in capturing. single handed, an Austrian flag, the honor of the Cross of San Maurice En Lazzaro was conferred on him.
 In 1860 he quit the service at Ancona and gained the First Independency of Sicily. For this he was imprisoned, but was pardoned by Victor Emanuel after only fifteen days confinement, and honor ably discharged from the service.
 On the 25th of Nov, 1860, he sailed for America, arrived in Philadelphia Dec. 10th and went to New Orleans, where he enlisted In the First Louisiana Tigers. In June, 1861. he quit them and walked all the way from New Orleans to Phila- delphia, without knowing a word of English. steering his course by the compass.
 The soldier of varied services but unvarying bravery then enlisted in the First Pennsylvania Volunteers as three months man and was at Bull Run. He then enlisted in the Lafayette Guards, served through tho war of the Rebellion. after which he enlisted in the United States marine corps as a sur geon.
 In 1870 Dr. Nardyz recrossed the Atlantic and enlisted in the 18th French regiment for the Franco Prussian war. Under General Bourbaki's command in the northern part of France he was decorated with the Red Cross of Geneva for assisting the wounded. and with the Cross of the Legion of Eonor for per sonal bravery.
 In 1873 Dr. Nardyz won't to Cincinnati and practiced his profession there scv- eral years. He then removed to New York where he became Assistant Demon strator of Anatomy under Prof. James R. Wood.
 In 1878 he returned to France as physi- clan and Secretary to Prince Aristoff, son of General Alexander Arlstoff, First aide to Alexander II. of Russia. The young prince died in Paris, and was em- balmed by Dr. Nardyz, who took him to Moscow.
 There the General ArIstofY invited him to enter the Cars service, which he dc clined to do, as his family, wife and two charming daughters, had established home in tho United States.
 In 1879 he returned to Philadelphia and was pathologist and anatomist in Jefferson Medical Hospital. His skill in modelling and embalming became famous, and in 18S2 he embalmed Archbishop Wood by 6 method of his own. the first time 1t was ever used in this country.
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